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Cats Are Mean. Not only that, but they're also little balls of teeth and claws in a relatively small size, and a propensity to cling to objects, possibly while scratching it as best they can. Expect to see Amusing Injuries in the form of tiny cuts to the face, where the cats will inevitably attach themselves. Variants include swinging a cat around like a melee weapon, or using a cat that can launch its own weapons.

In Postal 3 your character can throw vicious cats at opponents. Once the cat hits it holds on and continues to attack the victim. Watch it here.

Awesomenauts brings us Derpl Zork. When asked what form of devestation should be issued forth from his mighty combat walker, he simply drooled and said "I wuv cats". Thus came the holo-cat cannon. Yes, holographic cats.

With Second Life having tons of user created stuff, it wasn't long before a Cat Cannon was built.

In The Order of the Stick #520, Belkar suddenly throws a cat into the face of the evil cleric he has been talking to. Turns out he was really looking forward to flinging an angry cat into someone's face.

Western Animation

Mayor Adam West defends his home in Family Guy with a crossbow that fires cats, which he stores in a large sack on his back.

Futurama: In one episode where Fry is leading an army of Neanderthals against Zapp Brannigan they catapult a saber-toothed cat through his flagship's windshield.

In the film version of Coraline, the title character throws a cat at the Other Mother in order to buy herself time to run away.

Real Life

A Real Life example: During the siege of Pelusium in 525 BC, the Persian general Cambyses was known for hurling live cats over the walls of the Egyptian fort to demoralize the defenders (to whom the cats were sacred). He also instructed his men to drive cats before the army, and tie cats to their shields to further deter the Egyptians. He was not a nice person.

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